{"product_id":"knife-river-9780593447222","title":"Knife River","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A twisting, engrossing, and beautiful mystery. Thrilling, yet also deeply moving, layered, and powerful.\"--Chris Whitaker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colors of the Dark, \u003c\/i\u003e a Read with Jenna Book Club pick as seen on \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A delicious smoke curl of a novel.\"--#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jodi Picoult\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An intelligent literary mystery.\"--#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Paula Hawkins \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA compelling story of family, home, and the bond between sisters that asks: \u003ci\u003eWho do you believe when you can't even trust yourself?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jess was thirteen, her mother went for a walk and never returned. Jess and her older sister, Liz, never found out what happened. Instead, they did what they hoped their mother had done: survive. As soon as she was old enough, Jess fled their small town of Knife River, wandering from girlfriend to girlfriend like a ghost in her own life, aimless in her attempts to outrun grief and confusion. But one morning, fifteen years after their mother's disappearance, she gets the call she's been bracing for: Her mother's remains have been found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJess returns to find Knife River--and her sister--frozen in time. The town is as claustrophobic and rundown as ever. Liz still lives in their childhood home and has become obsessed with unsolved missing persons cases. Jess plans to stay only until they get some answers, but their mother's bones, exposed to the elements for so long, just leave them with more questions. As Jess gets caught up in the case and falls back into an entanglement with her high school girlfriend, her understanding of the past, of Liz, of their mother, and of herself become more complicated--and the list of theories more ominous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnife River\u003c\/i\u003e is a tense, intimate, and heartrending portrayal of how deeply and imperfectly women love one another: in romantic relationships, in friendships, and especially as sisters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustine Champine\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review, Epoch, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books. \u003c\/i\u003eShe holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and is a founding staff member of \u003ci\u003eNo Tokens Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City. \u003ci\u003eKnife River \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185934434578,"sku":"9780593447222","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4160f6e4-d1f4-4327-b488-2cdf49a03897.jpg?v=1748524928","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/knife-river-9780593447222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}